EVGA 512-P3-N801-A3 GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Retail

Reviewed By: on 9/4/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Fast and Cheap
SLI with my other 8800GT

Cons: ATI HD4850 cheaper at the moment

Other Thoughts: I bought an 8800GT previously when it was the best bang for the buck. The price has gone down about $100 since then, so it was pretty cheap to get another and setup SLI. Crysis is running good maxed out.

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Too Big for Primary Slot

Reviewed By: kanps on 8/29/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Very quiet

Cons: I ordered 2 with the intention of replacing my dual 7600GS SLI setup. This card blocked 3 of out of my 4 SATA ports. Since I have 3 drives I have to leave the primary slot empty and 1 card in the secondary slot. I have a Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI. DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOUR SATA PORTS ARE NOT IN THE WAY.

Also the I/O plate was BENT on BOTH cards when they arrived. Easily fixed with a pair of pliers but they would have been IMPOSSIBLE to install without bending the brackets straight.

Other Thoughts: Crysis is a great 1st person shooter, makes me REALLY wish i had SLI!!!!!! :p This card is still better than my 2 7600's but not WAY better.

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You can't beat EVGA

Reviewed By: tazzar on 8/28/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: I love the card it tears up anything you can throw at it. Best part of all is EVGA support! I had a question regarding part numbers and wanted to know exactly the difference between this card and the 512-P3-N801-AR so I emailed their Customer Service Manager (his pic and contact info is on their site for plain viewing) and I sent the email at 12:01PM and had a response by 12:03pm... within 2 minutes he responded to my email with 100% clarity His answer "Absolutely no difference what so ever. The suffix on those part number is for internal packaging" You can't go wrong with a product that has a customer service Dept that is so on top of things you get a return email before your send button has time to cool down. A+++ Products

Cons: Are you kidding? Cons? This is EVGA there is no cons... Been using EVGA products for years and have had 0 complaints.

Other Thoughts: I have a friend that had to RMA a product that got fried but it wasn't EVGAs fault (it is installed wrong by vendor) but he was dealing with the vendor (not Newegg) and finally called EVGA for help... They cross-shipped him a new board no questions asked and told him to forget trying to deal with the vendor, they had him a new board in 2 days. People you can't beat this kind of service.

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